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/ , D. B. COFFIiR COLLEGE ARCHIViST STUDENT MEMORIAL CENTER F. E. 3‘copies [ Circulated Daily To 90 Per Cent Of Local Residents The Battalion PUBLISHED DAILY IN THE INTEREST OF A GREATER A&M COLLEGE Published By A&M Students For 74 Years Number 190: Volume 52 COLLEGE STATION (Aggieland), TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1952 Price 5 Cents Boatner Headed for Texas; Gets High Fourth Army Post Based on Associated Press Maj. Gen. Ha.ydon L. Boatner, former commander of United Nations prison camps in the Far t East Theater, is on his way back to Texas. He will be Deputy Com mander of the Fourth Army at its headquarters in San Antonio. Sporting his second general’s star which was recently awarded to him after he put down Com munist violence in the Koje Is land prison camp, Gen. Boatner will also be wealing three new medals when he comes home. Oak Leaf Cluster Gen. Mark Clax-k, commander of UN forces in the Far East, awaxd- ed Gen. Boatner an oak leaf clus ter to his Distinguished Sex-vice r Medal for taming the captured Red prisonex-s. Other new medals include two French decorations, the Cx-oix de Guerro and Legion of Honor, for prior service as deputy commander of the Second US Infantx-y Divi sion dui*ing the furious battles for Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge. Before taking over his position with the Second Infantx-y eaxly last Septembex*, Gen. Boatner sei-ved three years as PMS&T and Com mandant of Cadets at A&M. He left College Station last August for the Korean assignment. The genex-al is on his way to the United States in a military trans- pox-t plane, bound for San Francis co via Honolulu. “They call me the ‘Bull’ and all that, but I’m just an ordinax-y pro fessional soldier-,” he said. “POWs Under Control” Boatner assex-ted that Allied POW camps are under excellent control but occasional minor flax-e- ups should be expected. “When you have 150,000 people in cages,” he said, “some are going to want to get out every day.” The colorful general said he was glad to be x-etux-ning where he serv ed at one time as pex-sonnel officer of the Fourth Army. The general’s wife lives on Abis- co Street in Alamo Heights. A daughter, Helene, is a student at Texas Univex-sity. Maj. Gen. H. L. Boatner Leaves POW Camps Commaxxd Tom Connally Gets Ovation At Bern Parley Bern, Switzerland, Sept. 2 UP)—Texas’ retiring senior U. S. Senator, Tom Connally, was given an ovation yesterday as r he took over honorary chair manship of the conference on the inter-pai-liamentary union. The 75-year-old Texan was in- troduced by a fellow' Democrat 1 from the Lone Star State, Rep. W. R. Poage. Poage said Connally had left “an indelible imprint on the his tory of our times” during his 44 Jears as an elected public sex-vant. Connally, who is retiring from ©ffice Jan. 1, has attended most of the conference’s sessions: He told the pax-liamentarians, gath ered from 33 nations, that he did not believe in wox-ld govex-nment: “Each individual national pax*- liament is a laboratory to promote self-government and freedom. If there had been one wox-ld govern ment, the Continental Congress, the French Revolution and the La tin American republics would not have been possible.” Fish Due Friday Term Begins September 15 Classes will begin Sept. 15 for the fall semester at A&M. Sep tember 20 is the last day for enx-olling in the college for the fall semester or adding new coux-ses. Appx-oximately G,000 students are expected to enroll at A&M vthis fall. Friday, Sept. 5, is opening day for new student week and Sept. 12 is the day for x-egistration of new basic division students who have had no college woxk. On Sept. 13 all other-, students will registex-. College Hospital Seeks Technician The college hospital will have a new" technician this fall to replace Mrs. Margax-et Medberry who will move to Tacoma, Wash. It is not known who will replace t-Mi’s. Medberry, reported 1 Mrs. Irene Claghorn, assistant superin tendent of the hospital. ■Study Airfields Engineer Officers Attend AF Course An unusual coux-se of instruction instx-uction in use and design of Js being conducted at A&M this asphalt pavements, - and Assistant Twenty-six officex-s of the Cox-ps of Engineer's, assigned to the U.S. Air Fox-ce, ax-e taking special woxk in airfield planning, design and constx-uction. Under the contract with the Air Fox-ce, the college is px-oviding a special four-week course embxac- ing the review of methods of in vestigation, planning, engineering design and control of constx-uction of aii-fields in theater's of opera- ' tion. Selected Officers The 26 officers wex-e selected from Aviation Exxgineer Uxxits op erating under the direction of the Aviation Engineer Force, with headquax-ters at Woltex-s Air Force Base near Mineral Wells, which di rects the world-wide operations of these units. An important pax-t of the course is a review of soil and asphalt en gineering and their various as pects as they apply to the develop ment of fox-wax-d airfields, which are the most difficult of any type to develop. Difficult Type This type is the most difficult because they must be developed in a vex-y shox-t time, using native materials, and usually under ad verse conditions in any pax-t of the world. And they must sex-ve the new type of modern-service aix-- j® planes. Professor Spencer J. Buchanan, civil engineering department, plan ned and directs the course. Pro- * fessor Fred J* Benson provides Professor- Robex-t Schiller assists both Benson and Buchanan in the coux-se work and labox-atory in struction. 500 Lose Lives Violently In Long Weekend By ASSOCIATED PRESS More than 500 persons lost their lives in accidents over the Labor Day holiday but the toll was far below the rec ord of 658 violent deaths a year ago. The death toll for the holiday, the last long week end of the summer- season, was 524. Accidents on the highways, as usual, took the heaviest toll, with 403 killed in tx-affic mishaps. Fif ty-two persons dx-owned and 69 others lost their lives in miscella neous accidents. The traffic total compared to last year’s x-ecord 461 deaths. It was below the 480 deaths estima ted for the three-day holiday by the National Safety Council. However, Council President Ned H. Deax-born said it was “a shock ing thing, to think that the traffic figure could x-ise to over 400 on a day dedicated to rest and relaxa tion. . . . The people of America should wake up to this inexcusable slaughter.” Rainy weather over wide areas ofi the East and Midwest was con sidered a possible factor in cutting down the traffic toll, keeping many pex-sons at home. However, the wet highways made driving conditions mox-e hazardous for the millions who made trips. The accident toll covered the period fx-om 6 p.m. Fx-iday to mid night Monday local time. The safety council repox-ted that thus far in 1952 there have been 94 traffic deaths evex-y 24 hours. This includes deaths occui’ring fx-om in juries days, weeks or months after the accidents. Aggie Gridsters Begin Season With 68 Reporting for Practice Windstorm Lashes At Carswell AFB Ft. Wox-th, Tex,—(A 5 )—Cai’swell Air Force Base was a shambles today after a windstorm last night took a multimillion-dollar swipe at America’s long-range aerial strik ing power. One three - million - dollar B-36 bomber was destroyed, six others received major damage and sev eral othex-s were damaged to an undetermined extent. Two airmen were slightly injured. Civiliaix Killed A civilian, Mx-s. W. C. Connor, 44, was killed when her automobile was stx-uck by a sign board blown down by the storm. Ten other civilians in the vicinity wei'e re ported hurt. Capt. Bux-ton Wilder, base public information officer, said several buildings suffex*ed “sevei*e dam age” when the winds struck short ly befox-e dax-k. 25 Per Cent Damage Maj. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson, commanding general of the Eighth Air Force, estimated damage to planes at the base at 25 per cent. The B-36, which has been called America’s “atom bomb carx-ier,” is the Air Fox-ce’s lax-gest, longest- ranging bomber- in sex-vice and was designed to cax-ry 10,000 pounds of bombs on a 10,000-mile mission. Also damaged as the 90-mile- pei’-hour winds struck the vicinity was the plant of Consolidated Vul- tee Aix-cx-aft Corp., which manufac tures the huge six-engined inter- continexxtal B-3Gs. Firemen Finish Schooling Here More than 900 firemen and fire marshals from 22 states and at least two foreign coun tries Friday completed the 23rd annual Firemen’s Train ing-School at A&M. Dux-ing the week various sec tions of the group received in struction in every phase of fire fighting, from inspection methods through best methods and equip ment for fighting every known type of blaze, to how to prepare a legal bx-ief in arson cases. Representatives attended the school* from states as far away as Calif ox-nia and New Yox-k, and from Santiago, Chile and New Delhi, India. More than 100 instructors and administrators, especially skilled in some phase of fire-fighting, kept the school moving xapidly on schedules sometimes stretching to 14 houx-s per day. A 26-man team of Aviation Engineer Unit offi cers, shown above, is taking a special course of study in airfield planning, design and construc tion at A&M. Prof. Spencer J. Buchanaxx, Civil Engineering Department, in civilian clothes at left, planned and is directing the coux-se. Prof. Fred J. Benson, at right, is providing special in- structioxx in use and design of asphalt pavements. The officers were selected from Aviation Engineer Units operating under direction of the Aviation Engineer Force, with headquarters at Wolters Air Force Base near Mineral Wells. •Aircraft plant officials said pow er was disrupted and extensive damage done to service docks at which the big planes ax-e serviced. Wind blew the tail from one of the giant bombers and left it shat tered in a ditch. Others wex-e stx-ewn about the ramps and taxi- ways of the base. Workman Will Lead Presbyterian Aggies Full scale football drills started at,A&M yesterday with a 68-man squad reporting for the twice daily workouts. Head coach Ray George put the Aggie hopefuls through a rugged practice Monday morning, with the athletes donning full uniforms for the first workout. The tentative training schedule includes a 9 to 11 a.m. session with heavy equipment, and a workout from 4 to 6 p.m. daily. Athletic trunks will be the uniform for the af ternoon practice. The maroon and white team worked extra hard today as Coach George and his staff prepared the squad for one of the roughest grid schedules in the nation. In addition to South west Conference games, the Aggies play University of Hous ton, Oklahoma A&M, Kentucky, and Michigan State. At 1 p.m. today the squad began taking physical check -ups at the College Hospital. Geox-ge said the players all look- The Rev. Charles Workman is the new director of student work at the A&M Px-esbyterian Church. Rev. Wox-kman arrived in College Station yestex-day with his wife and thx-ee childx-en. He will be in charge of the Presbytex-ian Student Center and will assist the Rev. Nox-man An- dersoxx, pastor of the A&M Px-es- bytex-ian Church. Pastor at Mesquite Rev. Wox-kman comes to Col lege Station from Mesquite whex*e he was pastor of the Fix-st Px-es- byterian Church for four years. He will direct al of his woxk at teh local church to students of A&M College. The new student director was gx-aduated from Texas University in 1936 and finished his theologi cal training at Union Theological SeminaiV in New Yox-k City in 1942. He also taught social studies in junior high grades at Autsin and in the Rio Gi'ande Valley. Open House Saturday The first function to be held in the Presbyterian Student Center will be an open house for fresh men Saturday evening. The new students will all meet first in The Grove and then go to the church of their choice for open house. A meeting of all x-etUx-ning stu dents has been scheduled for Wed nesday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The program for students will include a Bible class on Sunday morning px-ior to the regular Sun day mox-ning sex-vices. The Px-esbytex-ian Student League will meet Sunday after noon at 6:30 p.m. A special px-each- ing sex-vice primarily for students will follow with Rev. Workman in the pulpit. Old Students Meet Wednesday Students of the Px-esbyterian Church will also meet on Wednes day nights weekly at 7:30. The new youth director has sei-v- ed ten years in the ministx-y. Be fore his four yeax-s at Mesquite, he was dix-ector of the Austin Largex- Parish which included five rux-al churches. ' Rev. Wox-kman and his family will live at 200 S. Montclair where they will establish a Presby House which will be open to students. CHS Yearbook Party Set Sept. 3 The A&M Consolidated High School Yearbooks for 1951-52 have come in and will be distributed at a paxty Wednesday night, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m., announced Les Richard son, school supex-intendent. The affair, which is the annual “signing party,” will be held at the Luke Patranella Memorial Slab at Consolidated School. Refreshments will be served. Steel Strike Slows Progress of Clinic The new veterinax-y medicine surgical clinic being built west of the railroad tracks has been de layed because of the steel strike, said Dx\ F. P. Jagee of the veteri nary medicine depax-tment. The new clinic will be one of the best equipped surgical clinics in the south, and despite delays, the department plans to be using the building next year. Dr. Jagee said. Rev. Charles Workman Px-esbyterian Student Director Old Jones Bridge Will Be Replaced The Texas State Highway Com mission has passed an older di recting the replacement of the old Jones bxidge on Farm Highway 60. The estimated cost of the bridge is $300,000, and will be built about 3000 yax-ds down stx-eam fx-om the old bridge, said DeWitt C. Greex*, State Highway Engineer and grad uate of A&M in 1923. ed like they were in good shape, with only a few men on the “flab by” side at the first practice. Seventeen Lettermen Seventeen lettermen fill the list of 68 players who ax-e reporting for the 1952 season. Eleven of these lettermen are linemen, while the x-emaining six fill backfield pos itions. There are two newcomers on the Aggie coaching staff. Bill Dun can, who played end on the famous national champion Aggie team of 1939, will be end coach. He is al so slated to handle a share of the scouting chores. Cooper Robbins, Sr., Who was head coach at Bx-eckenridge High School, will coach the freshmen. Robbins x-eplaces James “Klepto” Holmes, who died last spring, while Duncan takes over Hank Foldberg’s position. Other coaches are Gil Steinke, offensive backfield; Dalton Fair- cloth, defensive backfield; Paul McMurtry, line; and Bill Dayton, trainer. Squad List The following are players who reported Monday for the pre-sea son wox-kouts: Ends — Charles Saxe, senior, Beaumont; Darrow Hooper, senior, Fox-t Worth; Paul Kennon, sop’ho- more, Shreveport; Henx-y Clark, sophomore, Mesquite; Ex-ic Miller, junior, Bartlett; Jerry Cx-ossman, seniox-, Houston; Bennie Sinclair, sophomore, Mineola; Nox-bert Oh- lendox-f, sophomox-e, Lockhart; Wal ter Hill, senior Ballinger; Billy McGowan, sophomore, Silsbeee, Rollie Rubsamen, sophomore, San Antonio and Don Moore, senior. Junction. Tackles—Jack Frey, junior, Hous ton ; Alvin Langford, senior, Fort Worth; Dux-wood Scott, junior, Munday; Coleman Hensley, sopho- (Continued on Page 3) ★ ★ ★ George Predicts Ags To Finish Poor 3rd Aggie football coach Ray George px-edicted yestexday the max-oon and white squad would finish in thix-d place after *the Southwest Confex-ence closes its ’52 season. Geoxge’s prediction was in direct contx-ast with the last place spot picked for A&M by most spox-ts writers in the natioxx. Speaking to the College Station Lions Clxxb at their weekly meet ing in the MSC, the mentor ex plained his px-ediction to the group which was rather sux-prised at his px-ediction. “I pxedict TCU, Texas, Ax-kan- sas, Rice, and SMU to all tie for fix-st place; Baylor will be second; axxd the Aggies will get the thix-d place slot,” Geoi*ge said. Outlined Prospects In the same humorous way, coach George went on to outline the football team’s px-ospects for the coming year. He said A&M was “lucky” to play such teams as Michigan State, Kentucky, and University of Houston. He pointed out that each team would be tops, especially Michigan State which is dubbed number one in the nation now. He also mentioned TCU’s “hax-d” opponent fx-om San Anto nio—Trinity. George announced the A&M-Mi- chigan State game will be tele vised as the TV netwox-k game of the day. Stations in principal Tex as cities have already announced they would carry that game as a “live” bx-oadcast. “We plan to take the teams one at a time this year,” the coach pointed out. “We aren’t going to think about TCU or Texas, or anyone else until the time comes to play them.” Worried About U of H “Right now we ax-e pretty wor ried about Houston,” the Aggie head coach said. “They are going to be plenty rough and everyone expects us to beat them, just be cause A&M belongs to the South west Conference. The fans would expect A&M to win even if they had ten old ladies out thex-e in a unifox-m,” he joked. George sounded off with a bit of optimism, however-, when he said, ‘We are going into every game to win, and don’t think those boys aren’t capable of winning any or all of them. I don’t expect us to come out on top every time, but regax-dless of our losses of experi enced playex-s, we will be able to play anyone a good ball game, he said. New CHS Pupils 1 Register Sept. 3 High school students who will attend A&M Consolidated High School were asked today by prin cipal J. J. Skx-ivanek to register in his office Wednesday, Sept. 3. Registration hours will be from 9 to 12 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. A&M Consolidated schools will begin their 1952-53 school year on Sept. 8, announced L. S. Richard son, superintendent of schools.